Fegan has been a &quot;hard man,&quot; an IRA killer in northern Ireland. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted day and night by twelve ghosts: a mother and infant, a schoolboy, a butcher, an RUC constable, and seven other of his innocent...

Irish police inspector Mike Mulcahy must fight roadblocks from his own department when he investigates a string of murders by a serial killer who brands his victims with a crucifix and is only known to authorities as &quot;The Priest.&quot;